Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices - War and National Security

Klappentext Is it morally acceptable to use surveillance and profiling to protect national security? Should war only be used in self-defense? Is torture in times of war morally acceptable? Contributors include scholar Noam Chomsky, Lt. Col. Seth Milstein, and political philosopher Michael Walzer. Each volume in this series presents hypothetical cases on specific topics, followed by traditional and contemporary sources. Supplementing these are brief essays, written by contributors of various ages, backgrounds, and viewpoints to provoke lively thought and discussion. These voices from Jewish tradition and today's Jewish community present us with new questions and perspectives, encouraging us to consider our own moral choices in a new light. Zusammenfassung Is it morally acceptable to use surveillance and profiling to protect national security? Should war only be used in self-defense? Is torture in times of war morally acceptable? Contributors include scholar Noam Chomsky! Lt. Col. Seth Milstein! and political philosopher Michael Walzer.

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• Authors: Elliot N. (EDT)/ Ruttenberg Dorff, Moses Hayyim Luzzatto
• Assisted by: Elliot N Dorff (Editor), Elliot N. Dorff (Editor), Danya Ruttenberg (Editor)
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2010
• EAN: 9780827609068
• ISBN: 978-0-8276-0906-8
• No. of pages: 185
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices; Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works